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> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket I guess you've got such error while executed mysql command line client program. > The documentation had a little info. Tried all that; didn't work. What did you tried exactly? Have you looked at: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Can_not_connect_to_server.html > The directory is there. Does mysql have neccessary permissions for this directory? Was MySQL running while you had attempts to connect? If not, then what in the error log? Send us your my.cnf file. How did you started mysqld (what command line options did you use)? Barry Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed mysql on windows XP pro without any problems. But, on Linux > can't get it to work so far. > > I get the error: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > The directory is there. I thought that mysqld would create what it > needed at boot. What's going on? > > I checked all of the Berkley Databases (bdb) statements in my.conf are > commented out with '#'. > > The documentation had a little info. Tried all that; didn't work. > > System: > Dell Inspiron 8500; 1GB ram > Suse 9.2 > > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks. > Barry > > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
